Fallah Haghghighi, N., Bijani, M., Rezvanfar, A., Valizadeh, N. (2018). Developing an Appropriate Model for Entrepreneurial Faculty of Agriculture in Iran. International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 8(4), 0-0.
Negin Fallah Haghghighi; Masoud Bijani; Ahmad Rezvanfar; Naser Valizadeh. "Developing an Appropriate Model for Entrepreneurial Faculty of Agriculture in Iran". International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 8, 4, 2018, 0-0.
Fallah Haghghighi, N., Bijani, M., Rezvanfar, A., Valizadeh, N. (2018). 'Developing an Appropriate Model for Entrepreneurial Faculty of Agriculture in Iran', International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 8(4), pp. 0-0.
Fallah Haghghighi, N., Bijani, M., Rezvanfar, A., Valizadeh, N. Developing an Appropriate Model for Entrepreneurial Faculty of Agriculture in Iran. International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2018; 8(4): 0-0.
Developing an Appropriate Model for Entrepreneurial Faculty of Agriculture in Iran
1Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education and Entrepreneurship
Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Research Institute of New Technology Development Studies
Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST),
Tehran,
2Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran.
3Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
4Ph.D. Student, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Receive Date: 21 December 2017,
Revise Date: 10 January 2018,
Accept Date: 15 October 2018
Abstract
Nowadays, promoting entrepreneurship to train graduates endowed with entrepreneurial traits is considered as one of the new functions of the faculties of agriculture. In this regard, the purpose of this study was to design an appropriate model for entrepreneurial faculty of agriculture in Iran. This study was of descriptive-correlational research type and a survey method was also employed to collect the data. The study population included all students (N1=19973) and faculty members (N2=713) of all faculties of agriculture in Iran's state-run (public) universities of whom 403 students and 344 faculty members were selected as the study sample using Krejcie and Morgan's sample size Table as well as multi-staged (three stages) sampling method. The research instrument was a researcher-designed questionnaire whose face and content validity were confirmed by a panel of experts. The diagnostic validity of the given questionnaire in the case of its latent variables was also confirmed using an average variance extracted method (0.76≤AVE≤0.87). Furthermore, its internal consistency (0.81≤α≤0.93) and composite reliability (0.80≤Pc≤0.91) were confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The collected data were also analyzed using SPSS22 and LISREL9.1. The results showed a significant relationship between structural, content, and contextual factors and entrepreneurship of faculties of agriculture. Meanwhile, content factors showed the greatest effect (path coefficient = 0.83) on the entrepreneurship of agricultural faculties. Given the findings, the final proposed model was developed in relation to the mentioned factors in three axes of education, research and entrepreneurship for the establishment of entrepreneurial faculties of agriculture in Iran
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